[erellsworth]

I doubt this played out the way you describe. For one thing, she wasn't the only surgeon in the room, so it's not like she just left the person on the table unattended.

> According to Potter, her patient was under anesthesia when she got an urgent phone call from UnitedHealthcare while in the operating room.

You think a surgeon is answering her cellphone in the middle of an operation? No, to me this says someone else who works for the hospital had to interrupt the procedure to get the surgeon on the phone. I would guess she felt she had to take the call or lose her job.